George Michael will be honoured in a star-studded tribute to take place durign the British LGBT Awards in May

Awards bosses are pulling out all the stops for a bumper tribute to George Michael at the event taking place at Café De Paris on May 12.

A source said: “George was a huge figure in the LGBT community and did so much to help the community—it’s only fitting that we rally round and get some of big gay names to put together a show we’ll never forget.

British LGBT Awards founder Sarah Garrett is planning the tribute for the glitzy bash

Related stories

GEORGE’S ‘MIRACLE BABY’

George Michael secretly paid for This Morning viewer’s IVF treatment

fadi was a 'leech'

George Michael's pals blast partner Fadi Fawaz after Twitter hack claims, as we reveal the five key questions he refuses to answer

by george!

Pregnant woman handed 'secret' £9k by George Michael for IVF reveals she will name baby after him

TONY PARSONS

George's mum kept him stable... when she died, he embraced the dark

'He was like a son'

George Michael made secret visits to the mother of his first love who tragically died of Aids in 1991

“It would be wonderful to celebrate his legacy and pay tribute to him at the British LGBT Awards. It is something we will start planning early in the New Year.

“Millions loved his music but he was also loved for the magnificent support he gave to charities, especially LGBT charities such as the Terrance Higgins Trust. It would be fitting to remember him at the awards on 12 May.”